In textile manufacturing, a looper refers to a vital component in a textile machine known as a loop pile fabric manufacturing machine. The looper plays a crucial role in creating loops or pile loops...
Mordants are after-fixing chemicals essential to impart some degree of colour fastness performance to most natural dyes and some synthetic ones. They are typically metal salts and therefore decidedly...
Flannel is a soft, woven fabric that is typically made from wool, cotton, or synthetic fibers. It is characterized by its raised surface, which is achieved through a process called napping. Flannel...
Heavily fulled twill wool cotton that resembles the animal of that name. Has softer body and longer nap than kersey and melton. If term is used, it must be referred to as imitation beaver cloth to...
A general term for cotton fabrics used as backings for various abrasive and polishing agents. Usually sheetings and drills are employed extensively and twills in smaller quantities. The fabric is...